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  • Google DeepMind hires ‘philosopher’ to work on machine consciousness

    Google DeepMind hires ‘philosopher’ to work on machine consciousness

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    As AI systems grow more capable, companies appear increasingly willing to look beyond traditional engineering disciplines for guidance on questions that touch on consciousness, identity and what it means to interact meaningfully with a machine. On 13 April 2026, Google DeepMind announced it had hired philosopher Henry Shevlin to study machine consciousness, human AI relationships,

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  • Personal Māori Data Sovereignty

    Personal Māori Data Sovereignty

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    I am often asked by individuals how they can better implement Data and Digital Sovereignty in their home and whānau lives. Here are some immediate steps you can take that will protect your privacy and save you money. Primary audience is non-technically literate people using a Windows computer, who want to save money and increase

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  • Mana Without Mātauranga – Digital Ethics

    Mana Without Mātauranga – Digital Ethics

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    There is a pattern in New Zealand’s AI and data governance landscape that is rarely named directly, but it is immediately recognisable to anyone who has worked in this space. When organisations, government agencies, technology companies, universities, and research institutions decide they need Māori input into their AI and Data ethics frameworks, they do not,

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  • Human Resilience with AI

    Human Resilience with AI

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    I was honoured to be one of the 386 international AI ethics experts to contribute a short essay to the “Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the Age of AI: Experts Call for Radical Change Across Institutions, Social Structures” report and contribute a Te Ao Māori perspective to the Epistemic Vigilance: Discerning Truth, Illusion and

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  • Briscoes and Rebel Sport FRT with no visible Māori consultation

    Briscoes and Rebel Sport FRT with no visible Māori consultation

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    As facial recognition technology (FRT) is gradually being implemented across New Zealand’s retail landscape, a troubling gap has emerged in how one of the country’s major retailers is handling its rollout. With only internal notices, Briscoes Group operator of Briscoes Homeware and Rebel Sport has been trialling FRT across 18 North Island stores since September

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